2.A) I didn't do well on the test. I only guessed 3 people into their right ethnicity.
B) It's hard to tell someone's race by looking at them. Everyone who is Native American doesn't have brown skin with long wavy hair. Also, everyone
Dear Professor and Classmates, The concept of race is a topic that has not changed much over the many years human have been on this earth. Race by definition is a group of people who share a set of characteristics not always physical characteristics, also it is said that these groups of people share and common bloodline (Conley, 2015). Many sociologists argue that race is a social construction.…
"Mixed Blood” In this article the author intends to demonstrate that the idea of race is only a social/cultural development and a myth. The idea that individuals divided into particular race based on their "biological differences" is a fantasy it’s a myth, everything is just in our heads we have just created it as a community/society, race is not a thing that was always here, it’s only been here since humans have. And the author does a very good job explaining this with good scientific and historical facts that no one can disagree too. This article helped me realize the author’s message (of race just being in our heads), this is not something that I would have really thought about ever if it wasn’t for this article.…
Science and Biology behind Race 1. In the 18th and 19th centuries race was thought of as a biological concept 2. Most physical anthropologists and biologist have abandoned the quest for scientific basis to determine racial categories III. Race as a Social Concept A. Biological vs. Social Sciences 1. Social sciences have come to reject biological notions of race, instead going with an approach which regards race as more of a social concept 2.…
In the dictionary, “race” is defined as any one of the groups that human beings can be divided into based on shared distinctive physical trait. When the Europeans began to mark their territory after settling in America, they began dividing peoples into groups by distinctive physical traits essentially creating the idea of race in the eighteenth century. They acknowledged the obvious differences in the way they looked and how they lived their lives, and used this to create groups and divide people into the groups that suited them the best. Once, the groups were in place, the English established dominance and power over all peoples. Race has been said to consist of biological factors by just about everyone, but through careful research and analysis, it is quite clear that race does not exist, rather it is a social construct made to differentiate…
Reflection to Race: Power of an Illusion I can honestly say that growing up, I have not been ignorant to race. However, within a few short weeks of this class and watching supplementary films such as Race: Power of an Illusion, I have gained a further understanding of race: how it came to be and its portrayal throughout societies. Firstly, this basic point is one that was repeated consistently throughout the movie, throughout our textbook, as well as in class: Race is a social construction. However, I like the way that the film expressed it in “The Story We Tell”: “Race is constructed by a society to implement economic goals.”…
It was shown that when scientists and anthropologists of the time were studying this topic it was shown that they were rejecting three fundamental premises of a very old racial ideology: “1) The archaic sub species concept, two parentheses the divisibility of contemporary humans into scientifically valid biological groupings and 3) The link between racial traits and social, cultural, and political status.” Mukhopadhyay & Henze also discussed the United States racial categories that are used on the Census. They believed that race as biology was being inconsistently used and that the terms used on the census are partially valid because “the biological attributes used to define races and create racial classifications rely on only a few visible, superficial, genetic traits – such as skin color and hair texture – and ignore the remaining pre-ponderings of human variation.”…
Essay Question: What is the difference between the way race is defined in the United States and in Brazil? List the Brazilian folk taxonomy of "tipos" and how to translate "tipos" into U.S. racial categories. Race is a myth. In another word, what looks like a difference in biological variability, is in fact, merely a difference in cultural classification. Similarly, anthropologist have stressed that U.S. racial groups are American cultural structures that depict the way Americans categorize people, rather than it be “a genetically determined reality (Spradley and McCurdy 200).”…
Race is considered to be a social construct because race is not something that was naturally created. Society created the idea of race by classifying and dividing people who are similar into groups. The argument that race is biological is meaningless because science has proven that there is no genetic distinction between different races. In recent studies it was found that there is no genetic marker for race; meaning that there is difference from one race and an others.…
We are born into social contexts, we have no information about ourselves or others. It is through the process of social interaction that we acquire sets of attitudes, values, and beliefs that contribute to our ideas of race and ethnicity. Social construction of race refers to the idea that we as human socially create our own artificial distinction. Some of the different…
For example, Obama is an African American who is the current President of United-states. Since he has an outstanding performances in his works, he is described as white by some people, even though he has the black skin. In my opinion, race is just nothing or illusion that can constantly change.…
There are two concepts to race that biological anthropologists debate about. According to Matt Cartmill’s article “The Status of the Race Concept in Physical Anthropology” there are two cases to the concept of race; the case for the race concept and the case against the race concept. The race concept is what we as anthropologists use to define race. Do we use genetics, physical features, or geography to classify race is the debate in this article.…
With attention to the prominent phenotype that immediately divides individuals from each other-skin color is due to melanin. Cameron and Wycoff explained why there is darker skin color, "Melanin migrates to the skin's surface when stimulated by the sunlight to produce darker skin, protect the body from the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolent rays, and to decrease the production of toxic levels of Vitamin D" (p. 282). It is important to realized that skin color is a misconception by the majority of individuals who believe that people who are darker are associated with the status of inferior rather than to be appreciative of the biological trait that has aided the survival of people for hundreds of years. Indeed, all individuals have found a way to instinctively adapt and survive in different regions of the world calling this natural selection. In addition, Forensic Anthropologist have found a way to avoid classifying cadavers into racial categories since there is no empirical evidence to support that race exists.…
How someone identifies is a complicated matter to dissect. There are an innumerable amount of factors that play into identity, both internally and externally to an individual. The fact that culture is an integral part only adds more complexity, as many cultures are becoming increasingly integrated and globalized with other unique groups. Generally speaking, identity is usually determined, often simultaneously, on three different levels: the national level, in one’s community, and at the personal level of self.…
I never would have guessed that it had to do with so much more than that. From the documentary “Race: Power of an Illusion” I learned a few thing about race that I never heard before. One, race is a biological myth, an idea of biology. It is a social construction to promote separation and to categorize…
Race can also fluctuates and change. Another reason being because people in the United States are so mixed of different race people can look a certain way yet signify with a different race, and since this can happen race cannot be proven. Meaning people cannot claim someone’s race as wrong. If race was biological then there wouldn’t be so many debates on who is what race because there would be a way to prove what race people are without physical characteristics. An example of this predicament is many debated over MSNBC Karen Finney as black or not.…